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Pharmaceuticals: Formulations, Injectables, Topicals, Analgesics, Pharmaceutical Analysis
CORE SKILLS Instrumentation skills. APIs/preformulation: X-ray diffraction; Raman spectroscopy; HPLC (potency, degradants, purity, linearity, accuracy, precision, LOQ, LOD) with detection via UV-Vis, fluorescence, and conductivity; content uniformity, dissolution/elution incl. sustained- and immediate release formulations, paddle wheel apparatus; forced degradation incl.…
Surfactant Applications, Surfactant Production, Water-soluble Polymers, Detergency, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Cleaning Products, Interfacial Phenomena
Expert worked 30 years for Shell Chemicals and Shell Exploration & Production in the fields of surfactant manufacturing and surfactant applications including detergency, enhanced oil recovery, industrial & institutional, and pulp & paper. For twenty years, expert provided customer technical…
Analysis, FEA, CFD, Medical Devices, Heat Transfer, Elastomers, Diffusion, Solar, Coupled Systems
Real invention and innovation most often springs from cross-fertilization and analogies from broad experience, quite apart from an entire career in a narrow field. See, for instance, Holyak and Thagard, "Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought". Expert is a broad…
Rheology, Nanotechnology, Particulate/Multiphase Processes, Chemical Engineering.
Expert operates his contract research & development small business incorporated in 1990 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Expert's professional experience spanning over four decades in chemical engineering has focused around the broad areas of particulate/multiphase processes and rheology. Chemical engineering…
Fluid and Thermal Science, Interfacial Fluid Flow
Expert has over 15 years of experience performing interfacial fluid flow research. The bulk of her work in this area has relied on mathematical modeling and numerical techniques. She has developed computational fluid dynamics algorithms to simulate incompressible, interfacial flows…
CFD and Multi-Physics Modeling, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Vacuum Science and Technology
Expert holds two top scientific degrees: Ph.D in Physics and Mathematics and the highest (post Ph.D) degree: Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics. He is a senior Industrial Physicist with over 30 years experience in both industrial and academia…
Polymer Processing and Product Development (Films, Fibers, Nanofibers, Nanocomposites)
PROCESS/STRUCTURE/PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS Expert has extensive experience and recognized accomplishments in process/structure/property relationships in polymers, especially processes involving polymer orientation and crystallization. Polymers in which he has primary experience include polyesters (PET, PEN, PBT, PTT, PLA), polyamides (PA6, PA66), and polyolefins…
Neuropharmacology, Aging, Brain Injury, Memory Impairments, Imaging, Neurodegenerative Disorders
Expert has worked on several projects involving Alzheimer's disease (AD). In particular, he has used genetically engineered mouse models to test ideas and answer questions related to how biological memory might be affected by AD pathophysiology. In addition, he has…
Process Engineering, Inorganic Chemicals: Chloralkali, Sulfuric Acid, SO2, and Fertilizers
Expert’s graduate work (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) was in adsorption of gases in molecular sieve zeolites. The work included exhaustive experimentation on equilibrium and kinetics of adsorption and included calculation of adsorption energy from electrostatic and van der Waals forces acting…
Thermodynamics
Expert has been engaged in the evaluation of thermochemical, thermophysical, and transport property data of organic compounds and mixtures. He has extensive experience in developing large databases to store such information. He can consult generally on thermophysical property data for…